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Yesterday in the English "Premier League" seven matches of the 27th round took place. After this round, "Chelsea" moved even closer to the title of champions, leading their closest pursuer "Man Utd" by 8 points and still having a game in hand.
Yesterday, R. Abramovich's club won 3-1 away against "Norwich", who are in second to last place. Goals for the London team were scored by J. Cole, the not very successful this season Serbian M. Kezman, and defender R. Carvalho. In the 64th minute, the hosts equalized with a goal by L. McKenzie.
"Man Utd" dropped points, failing to beat the other league debutant "Crystal Palace" away. Even playing with ten men from the 64th minute did not help the visitors to secure a win. In another match, the "Liverpool" lost away by a narrow margin to "Newcastle", further complicating their chances in the fight for fourth place.
"Arsenal" took advantage of their competitors' slip-ups, crushing "Portsmouth" at home and reducing the gap from "Man Utd" to two points. One of the most successful games this season was played by the star of the London club T. Henry, scoring a hat-trick in this match.
All Saturday's results:
2 - 0
64' [1 - 0] Martin Laursen
79' [2 - 0] Luke Moore
3 - 0
39' [1 - 0] Thierry Henry
53' [2 - 0] Thierry Henry
85' [3 - 0] Thierry Henry
0 - 0
64' Vassilis Lakis was sent off ("Crystal Palace")
0 - 0
1 - 0
70' [1 - 0] Laurent Robert
1 - 0
51' [1 - 0] Nigel Quashie
1 - 3
22' [0 - 1] Joe Cole
64' [1 - 1] Leon McKenzie
71' [1 - 2] Mateja Kezman
79' [1 - 3] Ricardo Carvalho
